Cycling With Headphones?
Since the days have gotten shorter and the weather colder, a lot of people have hung up their pedals for the season. Riding partners are tending to exterior household illumination, hiding from household guests or simply disinterested in fighting the cold and wind. Group rides are going into hibernation for the winter, people are sitting inside riding their trainers, and you're left all alone to grind out early winter miles on your own. But there are alternatives to spending your day alone and miserable on the windswept, barren roads, and the answer is right at your fingertips.
Tuning in, but not tuning out
Everyone has a mobile music device these days, and with iPods becoming cheaper and more compact, they've become more and more suited to entertaining us while exercising. A quick look to your nearest copy of iTunes will provide you hours upon hours of company on the roads. You can build playlists for different kinds of rides, whether you're planning intervals, recovery rides or tempo work, with music to match and encourage you throughout. Music can keep your mind from focusing on the cold, the wind or the your solitary existence on the road, but before you tune in, you need to think about a few things to keep you from tuning out.
